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Nanoscale Res Lett. 2014 Jul 04;9(1):333. doi: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-333. eCollection 2014.

Nitric oxide-releasing porous silicon nanoparticles.

Nanoscale research letters

Morteza Hasanzadeh Kafshgari, Alex Cavallaro, Bahman Delalat, Frances J Harding, Steven Jp McInnes, Ermei Mäkilä, Jarno Salonen, Krasimir Vasilev, Nicolas H Voelcker

Affiliations

  1. ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, Mawson Institute, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471 Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, Turku FI-20014, Finland.

PMID: 25114633 PMCID: PMC4109794 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-333

Abstract

In this study, the ability of porous silicon nanoparticles (PSi NPs) to entrap and deliver nitric oxide (NO) as an effective antibacterial agent is tested against different Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. NO was entrapped inside PSi NPs functionalized by means of the thermal hydrocarbonization (THC) process. Subsequent reduction of nitrite in the presence of d-glucose led to the production of large NO payloads without reducing the biocompatibility of the PSi NPs with mammalian cells. The resulting PSi NPs demonstrated sustained release of NO and showed remarkable antibacterial efficiency and anti-biofilm-forming properties. These results will set the stage to develop antimicrobial nanoparticle formulations for applications in chronic wound treatment.

Keywords: Antibacterial; Nitric oxide; Porous silicon nanoparticles

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